> On May 1, 2010, at 6:32 AM, Richard Troth wrote: >> But the crypto cards have their own API. I'n asking about the kernel's >> entropy function. Or is there a way to get the kernel to use the crypto?
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 17:11, Greg Oldendick <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have the crypto card, you can load the prng.ko kernel module. > It will create a /dev/prandom device you can read from. > > Greg Nice. So we now have /dev/random (which can block) and /dev/urandom (unblocking, but less ... less "random") and /dev/prandom (which uses crypto HW). Thanks, Greg! I think that is what I was looking for. -- R; <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
